People dump a new cat for us here about ever 6 months. Probably tell their kids that it went to live on a farm. If they only new. Anyway, neither of the last two dumpies showed any interest in the chickens. Unfortunatly, neither of our two dogs are much good at cat control. The Bullterrier won't chase anything that runs faster than a doughnut and the wiener dog is smaller than most cats. We have a cat too, but he just sleeps in the garage and only comes out to annoy me now and then.